dmccombe7 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 (edited) Try listening to Jack Bruce solo albums many of which had Gary Moore on guitar. BBM album Around the Next Dream is pretty good. Bruce Baker Moore with some nice rock bass cutting thru on some tracks. Also Hughes & Thrall album of same name Here's a track from the album Or Glenn Hughes solo here's a great song called Liar. Not Hughes playing bass on this. Its the bassist from Europe John Leven (pronounced Levene) Edited October 13, 2018 by dmccombe7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 11 hours ago, Frank Blank said: As someone who has recently started playing fretless it is very hard to find your own style or ‘voice’ without sounding like these players. Very true. Listening to Joni Mitchell's, Wild Things Run Fast (a very bass prevalent album), the marvellous Larry Klein appears to be channeling Jaco. However, when he plays fretless with others (Peter Gabriel, Don Henley, for example) he seems to avoid this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 1 hour ago, dmccombe7 said: Try listening to Jack Bruce solo albums many of which had Gary Moore on guitar. BBM album Around the Next Dream is pretty good. Bruce Baker Moore with some nice rock bass cutting thru on some tracks. Also Hughes & Thrall album of same name Here's a track from the album Or Glenn Hughes solo here's a great song called Liar. Not Hughes playing bass on this. Its the bassist from Europe John Leven (pronounced Levene) I’d forgotten about BBM. Gary’s Scars album has some great bass from Cass Lewis too. Must dig that out! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Faith No More's 'The Real Thing'. I don't hear mention of Billy Gould nearly as much as I should on this forum, really upfront bass on a lot of the tracks on this album. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immo Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 If you're into heavy stuff, I recommend this album. It's astounding and bass is one of the key things that make it great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 21:04, Frank Blank said: As someone who has recently started playing fretless it is very hard to find your own style or ‘voice’ without sounding like these players. The real difficulty with finding your own sound on any instrument is in realising that you already have it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Another great not mentioned on here is six string bass pioneer Anthony Jackson. Try Michel Camilo's live 'Caribe' CD or the MC Trio CD 'Suntan' . You could also find a Steve Kahn live CD called 'The Suitcase'. There is also the legend that is Steve Swallow. Try John Scofield 'En Route' or Swallow's own 'Damaged In Transit'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Graceland. Love it. Different grooves, good to listen to if you find yourself repeating the same style of licks and fills and get you in to a new headspace. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 51 minutes ago, Bilbo said: The real difficulty with finding your own sound on any instrument is in realising that you already have it. Having played fretless exclusively since getting one I must say these are wise words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambo Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 There's lots of upfront bass playing to admire in Cake's album Fashion Nugget. A perennial favourite around chez Shambo. It does contain the occasional, tastefully positioned F-bomb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visog Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 2 hours ago, Bilbo said: Another great not mentioned on here is six string bass pioneer Anthony Jackson. Try Michel Camilo's live 'Caribe' CD or the MC Trio CD 'Suntan' . You could also find a Steve Kahn live CD called 'The Suitcase'. There is also the legend that is Steve Swallow. Try John Scofield 'En Route' or Swallow's own 'Damaged In Transit'. I'd add Steve Khan's 'Modern Times' to the Anthony Jackson must-listen list as AJ is nice and clear in a trio context and it's not Latin, which let's face it, can get on your tits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 2 hours ago, Shambo said: There's lots of upfront bass playing to admire in Cake's album Fashion Nugget. A perennial favourite around chez Shambo. It does contain the occasional, tastefully positioned F-bomb. The bass playing across all of Cake's output is great IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josie Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Different genre to most mentioned above, and DB rather than electric, but Danny Thompson, "Connected". 12 tracks all with different musicians including Richard Thompson, Bert Jansch, John Martyn, ... https://www.therealdannythompson.co.uk/products/connected 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikNik Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 'Also Available in Green' - Trace Elliot trade-only CD from mid '90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John T Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 On 11/10/2018 at 08:38, Frank Blank said: Killing Joke - any album with Paul Raven on bass, an underrated master of song-serving yet absolutely and fundamentally anchoring the foundation of the music. There you go then! 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 (edited) On 18/12/2018 at 06:56, Bilbo said: Another great not mentioned on here is six string bass pioneer Anthony Jackson. Try Michel Camilo's live 'Caribe' CD or the MC Trio CD 'Suntan' . You could also find a Steve Kahn live CD called 'The Suitcase'. There is also the legend that is Steve Swallow. Try John Scofield 'En Route' or Swallow's own 'Damaged In Transit'. Been there, done it.... Edited December 24, 2018 by lowdown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford13 Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 A new addition to my favourite music, just happens to have awesome bass on it: KC Roberts & The Live Revolution - From the North Part 1 Great modern funk band! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriseardley Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Herbie Hancock - Thrust RHCP - Freaky Styley. Almost a tribute album to The Meters but Flea's tone is great on this album. Sly and the Family Stone - There's a riot going on The Meters - Rejuvenation I never get tired of listening to any of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lord Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Citizen Steely Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Close to the Edge by Yes. In my mind the best of the late great Chris Squire. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigyin Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 On 10/10/2018 at 12:18, TrevorR said: Big, big plus 1 for Neil Murray's playing on the early Whitesnake albums - especially Trouble, Ready and Come and Get it. So souful and funky but yet still driving and perfect for the bluesy heavy rock sound the band had at the time. One of my favourite bass players. Neil Murray has got to be up there as one of my all time favourite Bassists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigyin Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 (edited) Andy Fraser when he was with the band Free from the early 70s some excellent melodic and soulful playing. Edited December 28, 2018 by thebigyin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 On 18/12/2018 at 07:50, Shambo said: There's lots of upfront bass playing to admire in Cake's album Fashion Nugget. A perennial favourite around chez Shambo. It does contain the occasional, tastefully positioned F-bomb. Can I upgrade this to their entire back catalogue? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambo Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Just now, Maude said: Can I upgrade this to their entire back catalogue? I got a ticket in the post today for their gig in Bristol early January. They're doing a short UK tour. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 1 minute ago, Shambo said: I got a ticket in the post today for their gig in Bristol early January. They're doing a short UK tour. Ooh I didn't know that, off to look it up 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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